Evaluating Microcomputer DBMSs

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• Chao-Hsien Chu is an assistant professor of management at lowa State University. He has written artides in the areas of decision support systems and operations management, and his current research interests are in the use of microcomputers for decision support.business expert systems, and manufacturing information systems. Chu received a PhD in business from Pennsylvania State University
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• Hsin-Hui Lin is a PhD candidate in industrial engineering at lowa State University, He obtained an MS degree in industrial engineering from lowa State University and a BS degree in industrial engineering from Chung Yuan University in Taiwan. His areas o f interests are data base management systems, software reliability, software life cycle cost modeling, and reliability optimization
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